Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1993, 3:45 PM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1993, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1993, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coffee County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 302046 RRA SVRMGM ALC031-302145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 345 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ...COFFEE COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW BROCKTON MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 2MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 1:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
FLZ001>004-301930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 145 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993 VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...IN SHORT LINES AND CLUSTERS...WERE OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM CRESTVIEW TO PANAMA CITY. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH IS POSSIBLE. FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS IS LIKELY AS THE STORMS ARE SLOW MOVING. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW AREAS AND NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FREQUENT TO NEAR CONSTANT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LIGHTNING SAFETY SHOULD BE THE RULE.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-302015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 218 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993 AT 215 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF CONECUH COUNTY. THESE WERE IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AMAOUNTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND EVEN SMALL HAIL. THE GREATEST THREAT WITH THE SUMMERTIME THUNDERSTORM IS LIGHTNING. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY OR SEEK SHELTER IN A CLOSED AUTOMOBILE. STAY AWAY FROM PLUGGED IN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF YOUR AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO SNOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:10 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-302115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 310 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993 AT 305 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY...NEAR THOMASVILLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF BEATRICE ON THE COUNTY LINE AND IN EXTREME EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE GREATEST THREAT WITH THE SUMMERTIME THUNDERSTORM IS LIGHTNING. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY OR SEEK SHELTER IN A CLOSED AUTOMOBILE. STAY AWAY FROM PLUGGED IN ELECTRIC\AL APPLIANCES AND WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF YOUR AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pike | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 57 min |
| Jun 30, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 42 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.